You can't eat tobacco

You can't eat tobacco is a short film from 1943 released on 16mm. It is held in the IUL Moving Image Archive collection.

Deals with the evils of the one-crop system throughout the tobacco country of the South;then illustrates some of the ways in which the impoverished tobacco farmer can improve his lot by devoting some of his land to raising food crops, using governmen...

You can't eat tobacco
Release date	1943
Running time	0:13:52

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More Details

internal id

71161

Summary

Deals with the evils of the one-crop system throughout the tobacco country of the South;then illustrates some of the ways in which the impoverished tobacco farmer can improve his lot by devoting some of his land to raising food crops, using governmental assistance, soliciting the help of local schools in community rehabilitation, and developing a community program to combat malnutrition.

Physical Format

1 Film (0:13:52)

16mm

IUL Genres

IUL Subject

Diet -- Southern States

Food habits -- Southern States

Southern States -- Rural conditions

Tobacco farmers -- Health and hygiene -- Southern States

Diet

Food habits

Rural conditions

Southern States.

Full Original Title

You can't eat tobacco